Women in Law

July 2018

In an exclusive interview with WWL, Karen Popp from Sidley Austin discusses the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), the importance of such networks and the challenges facing women in the legal industry.

April 2018

Dr Penny Gilbert, partner at top-ranked IP law firm Powell Gilbert, and a WWL Thought Leader in the international patent law arena, discusses the importance of female involvement in IP and how the situation can be improved in the future.

January 2018

As the under-representation of women within the arbitration community remains a polemic issue in the field, Who’s Who Legal brings together Andrea Meier at Wartmann & Merker, Ania Farren at Berwin Leighton Paisner, Chiann Bao at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Carine Dupeyron at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier to discuss the steps the community needs to take to overcome this lack of diversity, the development of the role of women in the profession and future challenges that will be faced by the next generation of female arbitration practitioners.

August 2017

In an exclusive interview with Who’s Who Legal, co-founder and current chair of the WILL network, Suzanne Szczetnikowicz discusses the driving forces behind its establishment, the importance of such initiatives, many of the challenges that women in the industry are facing today and possible solutions.

April 2017

In an exclusive interview with Who’s Who Legal, Suzana Fagundes Ribeiro de Oliveira discusses her career, the changing role of in-house counsel, and the development of female leadership in both the corporate and legal worlds.

August 2015

“Diversity is not just the right thing to do; it is the way to get to the right business outcome.” So says Julie Spellman Sweet, Accenture’s group chief executive for North America. In her view, diversity is essential to bring together different viewpoints and experiences in order to reach the best business decisions.

March 2014

In an exclusive interview with Who’s Who Legal, Ingrid Busson, executive director of the legal and compliance division at Morgan Stanley and responsible for bank regulatory matters, shares her views on the challenges facing women in the legal profession.

November 2013

Anna Birtwistle, a senior associate at CM Murray, recently co-chaired the programme “Where did all the women go? The discrepancy between gender neutral hiring and the lack of female leadership in international law firms” at the ABA Section of International Law’s autumn meeting in London. Following the session she spoke to Who’s Who Legal about the difficulties women face in reaching the top of the profession and ways in which law firms could do more to help.

Nominees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.